Jean Proulx is a Professor in, and the Director of, the School of Criminology and Researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology at the University of Montreal, Canada, and a Researcher and Forensic Psychologist at the Phillippe-Pinel Institute of Montreal.Eric Beauregard is a Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada.Adam J. Carter is a Forensic Psychologist and Head of Offence Specialism for Extremism and Gang Affiliated Offending, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, UK.Andreas Mokros is Chair of Personality Psychology, Assessment, and Consulting in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.Rajan Darjee is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), Australia.Jonathan James is a Clinical Psychologist and a Doctoral candidate at the School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada.

"This book is a major contribution, long overdue, to the field of sexual homicide. The editors have assembled a remarkable multidisciplinary team of international experts who provide substantive insight based on empirical research as well as clinical experience. The Handbook should be on the shelf of every researcher, clinician, investigator, student, and other professionals interested in this topic."- Louis B. Schlesinger, PhD, Professor of Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice"Sexual homicide is the clinical nexus between the life and death instincts. As Shakespeare once wrote, 'One sin, I know, another doth provoke; murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.' The editors of the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies have composed a masterpiece of scholarship concerning this dark and disturbing human behavior."- J. Reid Meloy, PhD, Forensic Psychologist and author of The Psychopathic Mind"The editors and authors of the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies have significantly advanced our understanding of sexual murderers and their victims whether they be children, adolescent, adult, or elderly. This impressive volume takes an international view and includes something for everyone whose work intersects with the crime of sexual homicide whether they be students, educators, researchers, clinicians, attorneys, law enforcement, or criminologists. The text is a major contribution of the criminology history of sexual homicide and blends research with the reality of clinical assessment, legal outcomes and management in prison and beyond. It offers fresh insights and analysis of the murderers, their victims, their motives, and backgrounds. It is a must-read handbook."- Ann W. Burgess, RN, DNSc., Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College"Sexual homicide is the ne plus ultra of crime and the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies is the best volume ever published on the subject. Editors Proulx, Beauregard, Carter, Mokros, Darjee, and James have produced a diverse volume packed with information based on the research, practitioner, and clinical expertise of a worldwide cast of contributors. The Handbook is divided into five sections spanning theory and research, sexual sadism, clinical issues, policing issues, and new directions. It is a must-read for scholars seeking to understand the etiology, treatment, and supervision of offenders that perpetrate lethal sexual violence."- Matt DeLisi, Professor in the Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, USA, and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Criminal Justice"This valuable handbook offers general readers, law enforcement professionals, lawyers, and clinicians a detailed outline and analysis of the major components of the literatures extant on this complex subject. Its 39 chapters are organized into five topical sections that begin by profiling current theoretical models and empirical research... Essential for collections in law and the social and health sciences." - R. B. Ridinger, Northern Illinois University, Choice Magazine

• Foreword, Tony Beech Introduction, Jean Proulx Section 1: Theories and Research. Coordinator: Jean Proulx 1. Sexual Homicide Studies: An International, Perspective Jean Proulx 2. Sexual Homicide: A Review of the Main Theoretical Models, Oliver Chan 3. The Sexual Psychopath, Stephen Porter and Katherine Rose 4. Sexual Murderers’ Sexual Lifestyle: An Internal Constraint to Modus Operandi? Stéphanie Langevin, Jonathan James, Jean Proulx and Elen Vuidard 5. Serial and Nonserial Sexual Murderers: An Exploratory Study of Developmental Antecedents, Jonathan James, Patrick Lussier and Jean Proulx 6. Psychological and Criminological Factors in Diverse Types of Sexual Murderers, Tamsin Higgs and Ewa Stefanska 7. Understanding the Sexual Element in Sexual Murder, Ewa Stefanska and Tamsin Higgs 8. Sexual Murderers of Children: Psychopathological and Modus Operandi Factors, Jean Proulx, Jonathan James, Mélina Siwic and Eric Beauregard 9. Sexual Homicide of the Elderly: A Review of Patterns, Mark Safarik, John Jarvis and J. Amber Scherer 10. Stranger Sexual Homicide, Paul V. Greenall 11. A Cross-National Study of Sexual Murderers in France and Canada, Jonathan James, Jean Proulx and Patrick Lussier 12. Recent Research on Sexual Homicide in Scotland: Characteristics, Crime Scene Themes and Comparison with Nonhomicidal Sexual Aggressors, Rajan Darjee and Emily Baron 13. Perpetrators of Sexual Homicide in Germany: Medical, Psychiatric, and Psychological Characteristics, Andreas Hill, Wolfgang Berner and Peer Briken 14. Sexual Murder in South Africa, Gérard Labuschagne Section 2: Sexual Sadism. Coordinator: Andreas Mokros 15. Sexual Sadism and Sexual Homicide: An Overview, Andreas Mokros 16. The Aetiology of Forensic Sexual Sadism: From Experiential Perturbations to Symptomatology, Carrie A. Robertson, Franklyn J. Graham, Sonja Krstic and Raymond

Jean Proulx is a Professor in, and the Director of, the School of Criminology and Researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology at the University of Montreal, Canada, and a Researcher and Forensic Psychologist at the Phillippe-Pinel Institute of Montreal.Eric Beauregard is a Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, Canada.Adam J. Carter is a Forensic Psychologist and Head of Offence Specialism for Extremism and Gang Affiliated Offending, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, UK.Andreas Mokros is Chair of Personality Psychology, Assessment, and Consulting in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.Rajan Darjee is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology and Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), Australia.Jonathan James is a Clinical Psychologist and a Doctoral candidate at the School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Canada.

"This book is a major contribution, long overdue, to the field of sexual homicide. The editors have assembled a remarkable multidisciplinary team of international experts who provide substantive insight based on empirical research as well as clinical experience. The Handbook should be on the shelf of every researcher, clinician, investigator, student, and other professionals interested in this topic."- Louis B. Schlesinger, PhD, Professor of Forensic Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice"Sexual homicide is the clinical nexus between the life and death instincts. As Shakespeare once wrote, 'One sin, I know, another doth provoke; murder's as near to lust as flame to smoke.' The editors of the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies have composed a masterpiece of scholarship concerning this dark and disturbing human behavior."- J. Reid Meloy, PhD, Forensic Psychologist and author of The Psychopathic Mind"The editors and authors of the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies have significantly advanced our understanding of sexual murderers and their victims whether they be children, adolescent, adult, or elderly. This impressive volume takes an international view and includes something for everyone whose work intersects with the crime of sexual homicide whether they be students, educators, researchers, clinicians, attorneys, law enforcement, or criminologists. The text is a major contribution of the criminology history of sexual homicide and blends research with the reality of clinical assessment, legal outcomes and management in prison and beyond. It offers fresh insights and analysis of the murderers, their victims, their motives, and backgrounds. It is a must-read handbook."- Ann W. Burgess, RN, DNSc., Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College"Sexual homicide is the ne plus ultra of crime and the Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies is the best volume ever published on the subject. Editors Proulx, Beauregard, Carter, Mokros, Darjee, and James have produced a diverse volume packed with information based on the research, practitioner, and clinical expertise of a worldwide cast of contributors. The Handbook is divided into five sections spanning theory and research, sexual sadism, clinical issues, policing issues, and new directions. It is a must-read for scholars seeking to understand the etiology, treatment, and supervision of offenders that perpetrate lethal sexual violence."- Matt DeLisi, Professor in the Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, USA, and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Criminal Justice"This valuable handbook offers general readers, law enforcement professionals, lawyers, and clinicians a detailed outline and analysis of the major components of the literatures extant on this complex subject. Its 39 chapters are organized into five topical sections that begin by profiling current theoretical models and empirical research... Essential for collections in law and the social and health sciences." - R. B. Ridinger, Northern Illinois University, Choice Magazine

• Foreword, Tony Beech Introduction, Jean Proulx Section 1: Theories and Research. Coordinator: Jean Proulx 1. Sexual Homicide Studies: An International, Perspective Jean Proulx 2. Sexual Homicide: A Review of the Main Theoretical Models, Oliver Chan 3. The Sexual Psychopath, Stephen Porter and Katherine Rose 4. Sexual Murderers’ Sexual Lifestyle: An Internal Constraint to Modus Operandi? Stéphanie Langevin, Jonathan James, Jean Proulx and Elen Vuidard 5. Serial and Nonserial Sexual Murderers: An Exploratory Study of Developmental Antecedents, Jonathan James, Patrick Lussier and Jean Proulx 6. Psychological and Criminological Factors in Diverse Types of Sexual Murderers, Tamsin Higgs and Ewa Stefanska 7. Understanding the Sexual Element in Sexual Murder, Ewa Stefanska and Tamsin Higgs 8. Sexual Murderers of Children: Psychopathological and Modus Operandi Factors, Jean Proulx, Jonathan James, Mélina Siwic and Eric Beauregard 9. Sexual Homicide of the Elderly: A Review of Patterns, Mark Safarik, John Jarvis and J. Amber Scherer 10. Stranger Sexual Homicide, Paul V. Greenall 11. A Cross-National Study of Sexual Murderers in France and Canada, Jonathan James, Jean Proulx and Patrick Lussier 12. Recent Research on Sexual Homicide in Scotland: Characteristics, Crime Scene Themes and Comparison with Nonhomicidal Sexual Aggressors, Rajan Darjee and Emily Baron 13. Perpetrators of Sexual Homicide in Germany: Medical, Psychiatric, and Psychological Characteristics, Andreas Hill, Wolfgang Berner and Peer Briken 14. Sexual Murder in South Africa, Gérard Labuschagne Section 2: Sexual Sadism. Coordinator: Andreas Mokros 15. Sexual Sadism and Sexual Homicide: An Overview, Andreas Mokros 16. The Aetiology of Forensic Sexual Sadism: From Experiential Perturbations to Symptomatology, Carrie A. Robertson, Franklyn J. Graham, Sonja Krstic and Raymond